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How long did you lurk before joining?

Somewhere between 38 minutes and 4 months. I was torn between joining TB and conquering the world. I didn't think I would enjoy the fame/notoriety of the latter so I went with the former. Lots of good people here that I would be more than happy to buy a drink.
So if you'd gone for the conquering thing, could I still get that drink?
 
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I was very happy with the Dudepit and that gave me all.
I would lurk now and then on TB for about three years

Then the Dudepit fell apart and a group of regulars started Badass Bass players
I did not dig so much...so I came over to Talk Bass and joined as a contributing member for 20 years
 
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Just like the title says… I lurked around here for 2-3 years before I actually joined. Judging by my post count, I’m still mostly a lurker. I’m mainly here to look at cool basses and occasionally learn something from the more knowledgeable members. Im also not above admitting that a good old fashioned train wreck thread is always entertaining.
It wasn’t long.
 
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Didn't lurk. Just heard about it a lot from other places online for my first 2 years of playing bass and decided to come here when I realized it would probably be inevitable anyway. If you're to take the time between when I first came on this site and made an account though, it would probably be like, 30 seconds total of "lurking"